Improvement in broadcast-seeders



HJUGBOBN & A. W. KENDRIGK.

v Y Broadcast Seeders.

No. 136,174. I Patented Feb.25,1873.

AM. PHOTO-Limo GRAPH! 0 cu m: (ossams ma ciss) for holdingthe grain.

HARRISON OGBORN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, AND ANDREW W. KENDRIGK,

i OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROADCAST-SEEDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,174, dated February 25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRISON OGBORN, of Richmond, Indiana, and ANDREW W. KEN- DRIOK, of Brooklyn, New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broadcast Grain and Seed Sowers; and wehereby de- Fig. 5 is' a modification of the ring for holding the sack and tube together, in which case it is made conical, as shown.

The object of our invention is to construct a broadcast grain and seed sower, susceptible of being adjusted" to sow, rapidly and easily, all kinds of grain and seeds, and that may be carried either on foot or on horseback. Our invention relates to the peculiar manner of adjusting the sliding valve in the tubes of broadcast grain and seed sowers. Second, in the peculiar manner in which the grain-sack is attached to the distribution-tube.

To enable others to make and use our invention, we will more fully describe it.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur. I

A in the several figures is a tube of suitable size, through which the grain passes. B is a sack U is a thumb-nut on the screw-bolt E working in a slot,G,in the hollow 7 support H, by which the valve F is adjusted. O

is a depression in the pipe, extending around the same far enough from the end to allow the corner of the sack, in which is made ahole about the size of the tube to be placed, and a closefitting ring, L, to be forced in toclasp and firmly attach the sack and tube together; when the end of the tube, which extends a little beyond the ring is bent, as shown at P, Fig. 3, to clasp the tube and sack permanently together 5 this ring may go on the outside of the tube equally well, if desired.

To use our invention, it is obvious that it may be carried on the person and used, as shown, either on foot or on horseback. The valve being adjusted to suit the grain or seeds, and the tube moved rapidly back and forth horizontally, the grain will be distributed evenly over a wide space, as there is no point on the ground that will receive a double portion of grain or seeds, as would occur if the delivery-tn bes performed an entire revolution.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of our invention, what we claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y 1. The herein-described method of uniting the tube A and sack B by means of the ring L in a broadcast seed-sower, in the manner substantially specified.

2. In combination with the elements of the first claim, the delivery-tube A when provided with a regulating-valve, F, near its outer termination.

HARRISON OGBORN. ANDREW \V. KENDRIOK.

Witnesses: A. MooRE,

H. S. MILLER.

FICE 

